Schreuder B E, Osterhaus A D
Centraal Diergeneeskundig Instituut, Afd. Bedrijfsdiergeneeskunde, Pathologie en Epidemiologie, Lelystad.
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 1990 Jun 1;115(11):507-17.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is evolving rapidly as one of the major veterinary problems of the last few decades, confining itself for the time being to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. This article reviews the various disorders belonging to the progressive spongiform encephalopathies in humans and animals. It describes clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and experimental transmission of the newest member of this group, BSE. It goes on to discuss the origin of the disease, the latest events concerning BSE in the United Kingdom, and the chances for the disease to occur in the Netherlands. Whether BSE has any implications for human health is not completely clear. Risks for consumers seem remote and, if at all present, are probably confined to consumption of lymphatic and nervous tissues of clinically affected animals.
牛海绵状脑病（BSE）正迅速演变为过去几十年中主要的兽医问题之一，目前仅限于英国和爱尔兰共和国。本文回顾了人类和动物中属于进行性海绵状脑病的各种病症。它描述了该组最新成员BSE的临床症状、诊断和实验性传播。接着讨论了该病的起源、英国有关BSE的最新情况以及该病在荷兰发生的可能性。BSE是否对人类健康有任何影响尚不完全清楚。对消费者的风险似乎很小，而且即使存在，可能也仅限于食用临床患病动物的淋巴和神经组织。
